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	Nghiên cứu lịch sử cuộc đời	Thematic Analysis
Lĩnh vực	Định tính	Nghiên cứu định tính
Họ	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Năm ra đời	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s	2006
Người khởi xướng	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Loại	Qualitative research method	Method
Công trình gốc	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Tên gọi khác	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Liên quan	6	3
Tóm tắt	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.